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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
‘Lights,’ ‘Idol’ and Dumb Donald
Where the heck is “Friday Night Lights?”
For the second week in a row, “Lights” is off the air, replaced by “Dateline NBC” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Big bummer, but the show will be back to finish out its run.
Last night, the cast and crew held their wrap party at Six Lounge, the bar/club on West Fourth Street in the warehouse district.
The show ended its first season of production last weekend in Dallas, at Cowboy Stadium where the Dillon Panthers will play for the state championship. The season finale is scheduled to air April 11.
“Lights” is still waiting to hear whether NBC will pick up the series for next season. And it’s still waiting to hear if the city of Austin and state of Texas will offer financial incentives to keep the production here. Neighboring states such as Louisiana and New Mexico are pursuing the production with a vengeance.
Officially, NBC doesn’t announce its fall schedule until early May, but it is likely that the network will let the “Lights” folks know in mid- to late April. Fingers crossed.
‘Idol’ dozen disappoint
In Tuesday’s performance by the “American Idol” final 12, there were more misses than hits.
Three contestants forgot lyrics — Brandon, Haley and Stephanie. And even Blake, arguably the best of the guys, was less than impressive. It’s way past time to get rid of whispering mop-head Sanjaya. Come on, girls. Just because he’s cute and a “sweet soul,” as Paula says, doesn’t mean he can be a pop star.
Song selection shouldn’t have been a problem. How hard can it be to find a good song among Diana Ross’s collection of hits? And the Motown diva was even available to advise the wannabes.
As expected, front-runners Melinda and Lakisha were nothing short of fabulous. Perhaps surprisingly, so was Jordin. She totally wowed all three judges.
But overall, “Idol” contestants this season are weak compared with previous seasons. With a couple of months to go, it already seems like we’re down to a tiny few possibilities. Or an embarrassing winner.
The good news is that tonight’s results show is only a half-hour episode (8-8:30 on Fox).
Boo on The Donald
Why can’t Donald Trump just slink off somewhere and enjoy his wealth?
Well, he could, but then he wouldn’t be generating publicity for his soon-to-die reality show “The Apprentice.” Absolutely nobody is talking about this NBC dud now.
Hence Trump’s constant attacks on Rosie O’Donnell. The latest spew came after O’Donnell told the audience on “The View” Friday that she has suffered from depression since 1999. She uses medication and “inversion therapy” (in which she hangs upside down for several minutes each day).
“I have no compassion for Rosie,” Trump said with an orange-hued sneer. “I think she suffers from depression probably because she beats up so many people… . The picture of Rosie hanging upside down is a very, very unattractive picture… . If I looked like Rosie, I’d suffer from depression also.”
The Donald is beyond mean. He’s evil. Let’s ignore.
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